I used to do these games on another site, and they were pretty popular and somewhat fun to do.

I'm sure most of you have heard of these kinds of puzzles, they start with some bizzare scenario like:

"A man is dead in a field, wearing a backpack. How did he die?"

The answer is: "He was parachuting and his parachute failed to open."

Now, the point isn't to guess the answer in one shot, but ask Yes/No questions to discover enough information to determine what the answer is. After all, given only the information in the initial scenario, there are a number of possible answers, but only one correct answer.

In the above example, you may ask about various ways of dying (Murder, Suicide, Dehydration, Blunt Force Trama), you may try and figure out what is in the back pack, yada yada.

The game doesn't have sign-ups and isn't restricted to any closed set of players. It is available to anyone who wishes to join in. Now, many of these are very popular (For example: albatross soup), so I'll try and modify the details to inhibit discovering the answer via Google Searching. I ask that, if you are going to participate, please do so in the spirit of the game and: A) don't try and Google Search the answer; and B) if you recognize the problem, please sit it out and let others try and figure it out.

On to the puzzle!

Scenario: A writer, whose work was read and admired by thousands of people, was firmly adamant that he must never be interrupted whilst doing his craft. Following the day that he was actually interrupted, he never wrote again.

Notes: If you know the solution prior to investigations, DO NOT SPOIL.

GO!

: At 11/28/2011 1:28:24 PM, BlackVoid wrote:
: M. Torres said it, so it must be right.

There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. " Clearly, it is this second part, the missing, which presents the difficulties.

Does talking to him qualify as an interruption?Does interruption mean physically stop him from writing?

There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. " Clearly, it is this second part, the missing, which presents the difficulties.

He was obviously a man-shark who wrote by swimming through squid ink and smearing it onto coastal rocks. Interrupting him means stopping him from swimming, meaning the flow of water that comes into contact with his bloodstream through his gills is gone and oxygen no longer enters his system. Thus, he dies.

There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. " Clearly, it is this second part, the missing, which presents the difficulties.

At 8/14/2012 4:10:22 PM, caveat wrote:He was obviously a man-shark who wrote by swimming through squid ink and smearing it onto coastal rocks. Interrupting him means stopping him from swimming, meaning the flow of water that comes into contact with his bloodstream through his gills is gone and oxygen no longer enters his system. Thus, he dies.

VERY CLOSE.

But no.

: At 11/28/2011 1:28:24 PM, BlackVoid wrote:
: M. Torres said it, so it must be right.

There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. " Clearly, it is this second part, the missing, which presents the difficulties.

Does the man die directly from the act of stopping his writing?Or is there an external force that causes his death after the fact?

There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. " Clearly, it is this second part, the missing, which presents the difficulties.